Chronocentric
is “the largest independent, non-commercial, consumer-oriented resource on the Internet for owners, collectors and enthusiasts of fine wristwatches.” It offers information for consumers that helps them make educated choices and save money, information for owners and collectors, forums, photo galleries, and a collection of related links.
Web’s Biggest is a new search engine that claims to be the largest search engine online. Interestingly, it is wiki based and certain sections like Editors’ Choice can be edited by anyone. This is one that I will be looking into more. I really like the lists of the 50,000 sites online as well as the editors’ choice.
ArticleCity offers free articles that you can use for websites or newsletters. The subjects covered are wide ranging and include autos, technology, business, family, health, home improvement, food, recreation, and travel.
Y.E.N. of Youth – Newsletter comes from the Indianhead Federated Library System here in Wisconsin. It focuses on children’s services and collections in public libraries. Some of the articles are focused mainly on their member libraries, but others are very useful to anyone providing services to children.
The Fifth Annual Weblog Awards are a great way to find blogs that you are missing out on. Right now the awards are at the stage where you can vote for your favorites of the nominees. Only one vote per person and an email address is required to vote. Voting closes on February 3rd.
Einstein and the World Year of Physics 2005 is presented by the University at Buffalo. It celebrates the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s “miraculous year.” The site offers a large collection of online resources, including theories, secondary resources, discussion sites, and fun stuff.
The Groom Guide offers information on the engagement, groom duties, the best man, bachelor party, and honeymoon.
The Paleontology Portal from the University of California, Berkeley, offers a fossil gallery, flora and fauna, links to related sites, online resources, and information on careers in paleontology.
Squashed Philosophers offers condensed and abridged philosophy from some of the greatest minds in history, including Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Einstein, Freud, and many more.
Top 100 Most-Subscribed-To RSS Feeds will give those of you new to feeds and feedreaders more than enough feeds to fill your reader. But remember, these are the top ones, they are not necessarily the ones that will make you return again and again to your feedreader. Also search for feeds that focus on something that you are interested in. Those smaller more niche-oriented feeds will be the ones that really get you using RSS and readers.
